Shoulder pad



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NOW BY CHANGE OF NAME GENE SHELLY SHOULDER PAD Filed April 11., 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inventor 0a/5. G. LENS/f5 /van/ f/I/f JHCYU/ Bf @amm aaa/WW gmt?? April 6, 1948. l L, G. LENSKE I 214138,93()

NOW BY CHANGE OF NAME GENE SHELLY SHOULDER PAD Filed April l1, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I nveniar www Patented Apr. 6, 1948 unirsi) I neat SHOULDER PAD .Louis G. Lenske, Los Angeles, Calif., now by change of name Gene Shelly Application April 11, 1945, Serial No. 587,751

1 Claim. 1

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in shoulder pads for garments and has for its primary object to provide a pad of this character embodying front and rear extensions adapted to build up and shape the Achest and baci; of the garment adjacent the shoulder as well as to build up the shoulder of the garment.

A further object of the invention is to provide a preformed pad of this character adapted for attaching to either mens or womens garments and by means of which considerable tailoring of the garment may be eliminated by obviating the necessity of using hair cloth and other loose padding at the shoulders of the garment.

A still further object is to provide an article of this character of simple and practical construction, which adds to the neatness and attractiveness of the garment, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Gther objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure l is a top plan view.

Figure 2 is a front elevational view.

Figure 3 is a side elevational view showing the inside of the pad.

Figure 4 is a similar View of the outside of the pad.

Figure 5 is a, bottom plan View.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary front elevational view of a garment showing the pad in position therein.

Figure 7 is a vertical sectional view of the pad, and

Figure 8 is an enlarged end elevational view of one side of the pad.

Referring now to the drawings in detail wherein 1 for the purpose of illustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 5 designates the pad generally which is composed of a, strip of inexpensive fabric of a suitable size adapted to extend over the shoulder of a person and partly downwardly along the back and partly downwardly along the chest in the region of the shoulder, the material 6 forming an outer cover for the pad.

The back portion 'I and chest portion 8 of the pad are substantially co-extensive 'in area and the front edge of the back and chest portions are curved to conform to the -curvature of the armhole for a sleeve 9 attached to a, garment IIJ, the back and chest portions of the pad extending 2 downwardly below the armhole for the sleeve as will be apparent from an inspection of Figure f6 of the drawings.

To the ,inside ofthe `cover 'ii at the back` and chest portions 'l and `8 of the pad is secured one or lmorelayers vof felt 'or similar padding material l i by means of stitching I2, the outermost layers of the padding material II being of gradually reduced length and width as indicated at I3 in Figure 8 to thus provide a substantial feathering of the lower and side edges of the back and chest extensions of the pad.

The inner edges of theback and chest portions 'I and 8 of the pad are curved forwardly toward their lower edges as indicated at I4 in Figure 8 ci the drawings to gradually merge with the front edge l thereof and the rear edges of the pad material II are similarly curved.

A shoulder unit I5 is composed of an outer cover piece of material I5 of inexpensive fabric and a plurality of layers of felt, cotton or other padding material I 1 secured to the cover or backing piece I6 by means of the stitching I8 and the assembled shoulder unit I5 is then secured to the underside of the cover material E adjacent the outer edge thereof by stitching I9.

The layers of padding material I'I are of gradually reduced thickness at their inner edges as indicated in Figure 8 of the drawings to build up the outer edges of the pad at the shoulder portion thereof.

The lower edges of the shoulder pad unit I5 extend partly downwardly along the inside of the layers of padding II for the back and chest portions and the front edge of the shoulder pad unit I5 extends along the front edges of the back and chest portions of the pad 'I and 8 while the rear edge of the shoulder pad unit I5 terminates inwardly from the rear edge I4 of the back and chest portions of the pad and is curved similarly thereto.

An upper arm pad unit indicated generally at 2&1 and composed of a plurality of layers of padding material, such as felt, cotton or the like, is attached at the upper side edges of the back and chest sections I and 8 and extends continuously across the shoulder of the pad and ext-ends downwardly into the upper portion of the sleeve 9 of the garment as indicated in Figure 6 of the drawings.

The pad thus constructed may be secured in the garment in the position indicated under the lining thereof in any suitable manner.

The pad will thus serve to build up the outer portion of the shoulder and upper portion. of the sleeve as well as the adjacent portions of the back and chest of the garment and the layers of padding material may be increased or decreased to suit the individual requirements.

In View of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of the construction, operation and advantages of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in the art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of this invention it is to be understood that minor changes in the details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.'

Having thus described the invention, what l,is claimed is:

A shoulder pad for garments comprising a flexible member adapted for attaching to the inside'of a, shoulder of a garment and including back and chest portions extending downwardly at the upper portions of the back and chest of a 25 person wearing the garment, padding material secured in layers to the member under the shoulder portion thereof and at its outer edge with the layers gradually reduced in length and width relatively to provide feathered edges for said layers, and a padding material secured to the outer edge of the shoulder portion and extending downwardly outside of the member and adapted for positioning in the upper portion of a, sleeve of the garment, the second-mentioned padding material extending downwardly along the back and chest portions of said member and gradually increasing in thickness toward the outer edge of .said member.

LOUIS G. LENSKE.

REFERENCES CITED The followingrreferences are of record in the ille of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS 2o Number Name Date 2,061,435 Neidecker Nov. 17, 1936 2,274,261 Vogel Feb. 24, 1942 'Y FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 19,073 Great Britain 1903 

